at NorthShore University Health System in Skokie, Illinois, United States
Job Description
System Director, Coding-Quality Auditing and Education
Position Highlights:
Position: System Director, Coding-Quality Auditing and Education
Location: Skokie, IL
Full Time
Hours: Mon-Fri, standard business hours
What you will do:
Leadership
Provides departmental leadership by serving as direct supervisor to system managers. Maintains a high-level of employee engagement throughout division. Ensures system managers/teams are directing vendor partners effectively and efficiently. Directs full business unit for budgeting purposes and manages to the budget.
Strategy
Consults with institutions or associations and regulatory bodies regarding issues or concerns relevant to coding. Attends and transfers knowledge from internal and external education programs acting as a teacher, preceptor, or mentor for the orientation and education of providers and coding leaders. Uses knowledge to prepare for potential coding risks to organization and develops actionable roadmap (with compliance and coding directors) of coding quality auditing and education for implementation. Directs and guides system managers/teams to the plan for effective internal and external coding audits.
Quality Auditing
Sets ongoing system-wide Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) with system managers for coding quality auditing department, and drives teams to best practices in meeting/exceeding benchmarks. Directs appropriate coding quality auditing for both hospital and professional coding teams and providers. Ensures the teams are responding and acting upon any coding quality auditing corrective action and/or proactive steps to minimize risk to the organization.
Education
Sets ongoing system-wide KPI's with system manager for coding education department, and drives teams to best practices in meeting/exceeding benchmarks. Directs appropriate coding education for both hospital and professional coding teams and providers. Ensures the team is responding and acting upon any coding education needs and/or proactive steps to minimize risk to the organization.
Consults and coordinates with other departments across the system to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate coding quality auditing and education needs. Works closely and collaboratively with hospital coding director and professional coding director.
What you will need:
Education: Bachelors Degree
Experience: 6+ years in a coding leadership role
Certification: CCA, CCS, CPC, CCS-P, RHIA (or mix/combination)
Benefits:
Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
Various Medical, Dental, Pet and Vision options
Tuition Reimbursement
Free Parking
Wellness Program Savings Plan
Health Savings Account Options
Retirement Options with Company Match
Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
Community Involvement Opportunities
Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality, vibrant, community-connected care, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25,000 team members and more than 6,000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals - Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) - all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information, visit www.endeavorhealth.org.
When you work for Endeavor Health, you will be part of an organization that encourages its employees to achieve career goals and maximize their professional potential.
Please explore our website (www.endeavorhealth.org) to better understand how Endeavor Health delivers on its mission to "help everyone in our communities be their best".
Endeavor Health is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. Please refer to the main career page for more information.
Diversity, equity and inclusion is at the core of who we are; being there for our patients and each other with compassion, respect and empathy. We believe that our strength resides in our differences and in connecting our best to provide community-connected healthcare for all.
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